Garment-holder.



ST. GEORGE CRMG.

GARMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13. 1918.

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GARMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

Application filed June 13, 1918. Serial No. 239,733.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ST. GEORGE CRAIG, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Henderson, county of Henderson, and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, of which the following is a full and clear specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple attachment for the backs of chair seats, automobile seats, etc., for holding a hat and a coat or shawl or other wrap, as well as an umbrella or cane; and the invention consists of a simple and inexpensive construction which when in use will be out of the way and which will avoid undesirable creasing or folding of the garments, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a theater chair provided with my invention;

gig. 2 is a side elevation of the device; an

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view showing the manner of connecting the hat-supporting rods to the chain or other flexible binding members.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, a designates a pair of chains attached at their lower ends, at separated points, to a back of the back-rest. Pivotally attached to the links of these two chains is a pair of rods 5, suitable eyes 0 being provided in the ends of the rods for convenient attachment to the chains. These rods are separated a suflicient distance to receive the crown of a hat, as indicated in outline in Fig. 1. These rods not only serve in that manner to hold the hat, but they also serve to support and spread the chains a, and above the upper one of the rods the chains are converged and attached to the lower end of a single chain d, any one of whose links is adapted to be engaged over the hook e fastened to the rear side of the back-rest.

The manner of putting the device into use is shown in Fig. 1. The hat is placed with its crown between the two bars, and

the coat or other garment is laid across the chains against the back-rest; then the to clamp garments of varying bulks.

chains are swung upwardly so as to clamp the articles against the back-rest and one of the links d is hooked over the hook 6, thereby lightly clamping the hat as well as the other garment or garments against the back-rest. When the garments are thus held in place, it will be observed that they will be out of the way and will not interfere with the movements of the person back of the seat.

The employment of the chain 0! with its open links enables the device to be adjusteId t Will be observed that any other flexible members may be employed instead of the chains, and I particularly desire to employ other kinds of flexible members where it is desirable or necessary to avoid abrading highly polished surfaces of seat-backs.

Pivotally connected by a link or links 7 to one of the eyes is a ring 9 which may be used to hold a cane or umbrella, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

The nature and scope of the invention having been thus indicated and its pre ferred embodiment having been specifically described, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class set forth, a pair of flexible members adapted to be attached at their lower ends to a support, a pair of separated hat-holding bars attached at their ends to said flexible members, and a device secured to the support above adapted to adjustably engage the upper ends of said flexible members to thereby clamp a garment against the support and a hat against the garment.

2. In a device of the class set forth, a pair of flexible members adapted to be attached at their lower ends to a back-rest, a pair of separated bars connecting the flexible members, said flexible members being converged at their free ends, an openlink chain connected to said converged ends, and a hook adapted to engage under one of the links of'said chain and being attached to said back-rest.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my signature.

ST. GEORGE CRAIG.

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Washington, D. C. 

